They looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my ears.

— Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley), Adult Ralphie (Jean Shepherd)

6 seconds sound clip from the A Christmas Story (1983) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:06:46 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Yeah.

- The Lone Ranger's nephew's horse?

- Meanwhile, I struggled for exactly the right BB gun hint.

- It had to be firm, but subtle.

- Flick says he saw some grizzly bears near Pulaski's candy store.

- They looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my ears.

- I could tell I was in imminent danger of overplaying my hand. Casually, I switched tactics.

- Hey, Dad. I'll bet you'll never guess what I got for you for Christmas.

- A new furnace.

(LAUGHING)

- That's a good one, Dad.

[...]

A Christmas Story (1983) Sound Clip

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Download or listen to sound clips of famous quotes, funny lines and sayings from the movie A Christmas Story (1983). All waveform audio samples are in wav and mp3 format.

Actors: Peter Billingsley (Ralphie Parker), Jean Shepherd (adult Ralphie), Darren McGavin (Mr. Parker), Melinda Dillon (Mrs. Parker)

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